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You will find the conference registration and information desk on the ground floor of the new side of Main Building (Fabianinkatu 33). If you have registered online for CLMPS 2015, you should come and pick your conference material from the Main Building registration desk before attending any sessions. On-site registration is also possible.

The registration desk accepts ONLY CASH PAYMENTS. If you need to pay your registration fee or some other conference services by cash, please bring with you the exact sum.

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The University of Helsinki welcomes the congress participants by treating them to a wine and salad buffet after the first congress-opening day.

NOTE: The number of participants at the University Reception is limited. The earlier you register for CLMPS 2015, the more likely you will get the right to participate in the University Reception (by choosing the participation on the registration form).

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Collective obligations, group plans, and individual actionsHein Duijf, University of Utrecht (REINS Project), NETHERLANDS Allard Tamminga, University of Utrecht and University of Groningen, NETHERLANDS

Elselijn Kingma is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton, UK, and Socrates Professor in philosophy and technology in the Humanist Tradition, at the University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. |
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Elselijn's research focuses on philosophy of medicine (concepts... Read More →

Some Theoretical and Metatheoretical Issues in Computer Brain-inspired Projects: reflecting on Early Cybernetics looking to the present Neocybernetic projects.Leone Montagnini, Manager of the Office for Scientific Culture, Librarian Metropolitan System of Rome, ROME, ITALY

I am a philosopher of cognitive science, with some background in computational linguistics. I focus on computational modeling in cogsci, as well as on mechanistic explanation. I have recently published a book Explaining the Computational Mind (MIT Press, 2013) on computational explanatory... Read More →

George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering, Rice University

Moshe Y. Vardi is the George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering and Director of the Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology at Rice University. He is the recipient of three IBM Outstanding Innovation Awards, the ACM SIGACT Goedel Prize, the ACM... Read More →

I work on conceptual issues concerning time, causation and explanation, particularly what it means for time to 'have a direction' and what this has to do with various time symmetries and asymmetries in philosophy and physics.

The Dynamic, Relative or Pragmatic A Priori: How philosophers of science have used constitutive elements of science to model conceptual changeDavid Stump, Philosophy, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

PRAGMATIC REALISM, IDEALISM, AND PLURALISM: A RESCHERIAN BALANCE?Sami Pihlström, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, University of Helsinki, FINLAND

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SPEAKERS AND TITLESHow to understand abstraction in modeling complex systems?Tarja Knuuttila (University of South Carolina and University of Helsinki) and Andrea Loettgers (University of Geneva and University of Bern)

Linking Philosophy and History in a Unified Story: How Epistemology of Science Emerges from Scientists' Biographies.Marta Bertolaso, Faculty of Medicine, Università di Roma, ITALY

Elements of Critical and Computational Thinking in Education of Pre-school Children Hubert Bożek, Department of Logic and Methodology of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Pedagogical University of Cracow, POLAND

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SPEAKERS AND TITLESCharacteristics of TA institutions by the Difference of GovernanceSeung Ryong Lee, Office of Strategic Foresight, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

How can Bayesians help communications on climate change?Tetsuji Iseda, Philosophy and History of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JAPAN

Think Tank Research as Scientific ExpertiseAnita Välikangas, Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FINLAND

A New Problem of Demarcation: Extra-academic knowledge in academic research and the challenge of objectivityInkeri Koskinen, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FINLAND

I started as a classic philosopher of science until I devoted entirely myself to the challenges of computer technologies. My main academic interests are epistemology and cognition. I have made and still make research on emotions and cognition, computational epistemologies, statistical... Read More →

SPEAKERS AND TITLESIntroduction and Overview of HandbookMichael Matthews, School of Education, University of New South Wales, AustraliaGenerative Modelling in Physics and in Physics EducationIsmo T. Koponen and Suvi Tala, Physics Department, University of Helsinki, FinlandCANCELLED: The History and Philosophy of Science and Science Teaching in MexicoAna Barahona, Biology Department, Autonomous University Mexico, MexicoHPS and Challenges of Multiculturalism in Science EducationKai Horsthemke, School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

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Price: 15 €, FULL BOOKED. Ask for last minute cancellations at the registration desk.

Starting point: Senate Square

Choose either Helsinki City Walk or Helsinki Bus Tour

Helsinki City WalkExplore the city center of Helsinki on a Guided City Walk. The guide will take you on a tour through the streets of Helsinki and tell you fascinating stories behind it. See the historical quarters around the Senate Square and feel the sea breeze while walking along the colourful Market Square. During the tour you will get suggestions on what to do and where to go in Helsinki.

Helsinki Bus TourDuring the tour you will see the beautiful Helsinki Cathedral at the Senate Square, the famous church built inside a rock, the Temppeliaukio church and the Sibelius Monument. Your guide will tell you about living in Helsinki in the past and at the present day. Enjoy a tailored tour to the sights that interest you the most.

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Philosophy and Methodology of Change: Systems of Change as an Object of General Change MethodologyOleksandr Melnychenko, Department of Information Technology, Kherson National Technical University, Kherson, UKRAINE

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How trading zones may help solving communication problems in the sciencesJoão Mendes, Philosophy, University of Minho, Braga, PORTUGALConsidering the Quantum Hypothesis in the Context of PursuitMolly Kao, Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, London, CANADA

João Ribeiro Mendes is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Minho (Braga, Portugal), teaching and researching in the domains of Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science from University... Read More →

I am particularly interested in the role of the agent within philosophical accounts of scientific representation. I am also interested in general questions about scientific practice, related to the strategies employed in the uses of models, simulations, and representations.

Nicola Guarino is research director at the Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the Italian National Research Council (ISTC-CNR), where he leads the Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA), a section of the Institute located in Trento. Since 1991 he has been playing... Read More →

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1 hour break (due to the cancellation of Hugo Fraguito's and Pandora Hadzidaki's presentations) The logical form of laws of natureToby Friend, Science and Technology Studies, UCL, London, UNITED KINGDOM

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My background is history and philosophy of science, specifically medicine. Of particular interest to me are 'contested' illnesses, disease definition and the consequences of biomedicine's implicitly reductionist philosophy. I would love to hear from anyone who has ideas... Read More →

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SPEAKERS AND TITLES Making Better People through Technologies and Without Norms - Disciplinary Transfers from Medicine to EnhancementJohanna Ahola-Launonen, Political and Economic Studies , University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FINLAND Judith Favereau, Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FINLAND

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Likelihood and Confidence in the IPCC's Uncertainty FrameworkCasey Helgeson, Philosophy, London School of Economics, London, USA

Epistemic and institutional challenges posed by the provision of climate servicesCecilia Hidalgo, School of Philosophy&Literature, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

A pragmatic logic for denial (LPD)Massimiliano Carrara, FISPPA DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF PADUA, padova, ITALYDaniele Chiffi, UNIVERSITY OF PADUA, ITALYCiro De Florio, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MILAN, MILAN, ITALY

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Cognitive neuroscience as a research tradition and a social practice: the case of episodic memoryDenis Forest, philosophy, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Nanterre, FRANCELoraine Gérardin-Laverge, philosophy, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Lyon, FRANCE

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The City of Helsinki hosts a welcome reception for the congress quests at the heart of the historic centre next to the sea-side Market Square. After a welcome speech by a city representative, the guests have a chance to enjoy a light buffet dinner and the architecture of the City Hall.

Mieke Boon is full professor in Philosophy of Science in Practice in the Philosophy Department at the University of Twente (The Netherlands). Boon holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering at Twente University of Technology (1987, cum laude), and a PhD in Biotechnology at Technical University... Read More →

Automated large scale evidence aggregation in the context of policy makingNicolas Wüthrich, Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science, London , UNITED KINGDOMKatie Steele, Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UNITED KINGDOM

I am a philosopher specializing in philosophy of science and epistemology. I live in Iceland, where I am currently teaching at the University of Iceland. I completed a Ph.D. in philosophy at UNC Chapel Hill in 2014. Most of my research is in epistemology and philosophy of science... Read More →

Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Oulu in Finland. He received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and has held academic positions in the Universities of Durham and Hull in the UK and Leiden in the Netherlands. Kuukkanen has been awarded... Read More →

Something personal came up and I have to cancel my presentation ``Generalized Implication in Quantum Logic'' on Thursday, August 6, 11:00am-01:00pm (C2.7 Philosophy of the Physical Sciences). I’m really sorry.

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What, when, and how do rational analysis models explain?Samuli Pöyhönen, Social and Moral Philosophy, University of Helsinki, University of Helsinki, FINLAND

The Predictive Coding Model of DreamingSina Fazelpour, Philosophy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CANADA

The computer-scientists. About some models of creativity.Monika Chylinska, Department of Theory of Knowledge, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, POLAND

A general set-theoretical model for the notion of “systemic change” in systemic-relational epistemology and psychologySalvatore Roberto Arpaia, Human and social sciences, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, ITALY

I have a range of interests in the philosophy of mathematics and science. Current research includes methodological issues raised by interdisciplinary research involving psychology and neuroscience, philosophical questions related to computational modelling and machine learning, and... Read More →

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Modal Logics of Abstract Explanation FrameworksIgor Sedlar, Dept. of Logic and Methodology of Science, ComeniusUniversity in Bratislava, Bratislava, SLOVAKIAJuraj Halas, Dept. of Logic and Methodology of Science, ComeniusUniversity in Bratislava, Bratislava, SLOVAKIA The Import of Formal Logic with Respect to Knowledge – The FundamentalQuestion of the “Critique of Pure Reason”Max Gottschlich, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick,Coventry, UNITED KINGDOM The Rules of Definition: a Logical and Pragmatic PerspectiveMichel Paquette, Philosophy, Collège de Maisonneuve, Montreal, CANADA

I am interested in formal pragmatics and philosophical logic . My PhD dissertation's title is "La délibération dans les théories axiomatiques de la décision". Earlier, I was interested in the logical aspects of rational choice. In recent years, my research has been focused on... Read More →

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Philosophical and Mathematical Correspondence between Gottlob Frege andBertrand Russell in the Years 1902-1904. Some Uninvestigated TopicsGabriela Besler, Institute of Philosophy, University of Silesia,Katowice, POLAND

A Puzzle About Frege’s Singular SensesMarco Ruffino, Philosophy, State University of Campinas (Unicamp),Campinas, Brazil

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Re-discovery of the Nature and Logic of Scientific DiscoveryLiang Lei, Dept. of Philosophy, Central South University University,Chang Sha, CHINA30 min break (due to the cancellation of Tim De Mey's presentation)

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Can Non-Cognitive Values Have a Beneficial Role in the Assessment ofScientific Theories? A case Study of Evolutionary PsychologySilvia Ivani, Department of Philosophy, Tilburg University, Tilburg,NETHERLANDS Methodological and philosophical problems of using thought experimentsin moral psychology and behavioural sciencesRobin Kopecký, Department of philosophy and history of science , CharlesUniversity in Prague, Faculty of Science, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC

President / Co-Chair, International Council for Science / Governing Council, Future Earth: Research for Global Sustainability

Gordon McBean is President of the International Council for Science (ICSU), Co-Chair of the Governing Council for Future Earth: Research for Global Sustainability and Professor Emeritus of Geography at Western University, London, Canada. He was Professor of Geography at Western... Read More →

An Interactive Criterion for RealismEmma Ruttkamp-Bloem, Philosophy, University of Pretoria & CAIR, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA

Theory-Progressivism: Between Realism and Anti-RealismJuha Saatsi, School of PRHS, University of Leeds, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM Why Psillos’ Purportedly Scientific Argument for Scientific Realism FailsReto Gubelmann, Department of Philosophy, University of Zurich, Zürich, SWITZERLAND

Scientific realism |
Truth and reference |
Applications of non-classical logics such as belief revision to problems in philosophy of science such as progress |
Intersections of issues in knowledge representation and philosophy of science |
Intersection of virtue epistemology... Read More →

Tracy Lupher is the co-founder and co-director of the Logic and Reasoning Institute. His work focuses on the philosophy of physics along with related issues in the philosophy of science and metaphysics. He is also interested in logic, the philosophy of language, and analytical philosophy... Read More →

Faculty of Philosophy, Vice Dean, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo

VIHREN BOUZOV is Professor of Legal Philosophy and Logic of Social Sciences at St. Cyril and St. Methodius University in Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria. He is the author of "Rationality , Decisions and Norms in the Globalization Era (Essays in Practical Logic)" (IVIS, 2011) and co-author... Read More →

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The Epistemology of Modality and the Method(s) of PhilosophyMihai Rusu, G.Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, RomanianAcademy, Iasi Branch, Iasi, ROMANIA

Philosophy Disputes, Defectiveness and Responsiveness to ReasonsDelia Belleri, Dept. de Lògica, Història i Filosofia de la Ciènci, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SPAIN

On the difficulties of saying 'what is an inference'Akos Gyarmathy, Philosophy and History of Science, Budapest Universityof Technology and Economics, Budapest, HUNGARY Gabor Forgács, Budapest University of Technology and Economics,Budapest, HUNGARY

I am a post-doc at the University of Barcelona and member of the LOGOS Research Group. I am currently working ontological disputes and their verbal/substantive status, and on intractable disputes in philosophy.

I am a philosopher of physics interested in the interpretation of quantum mechanics and the meaning of quantum decoherence. During the last years my interest focused on information theory, both classical and quantum. In the field of the relations between physics and chemistry, I advocate... Read More →

I am a philosopher of physics interested in the interpretation of quantum mechanics and the meaning of quantum decoherence. During the last years my interest focused on information theory, both classical and quantum. In the field of the relations between physics and chemistry, I advocate... Read More →

I began my career in computer science--specifically, in non-monotonic logic-based approaches to artificial intelligence. This research inspired an interest into the relationship between the simple models of reasoning we were developing and the (usually very different) ways that humans... Read More →

My main topic is scientific realism. My working hypothesis is that some form of deployment realism can offer the best account of the status of theories, and can be defended against criticsms based on the history of science and others. Novel predictions have a key role in this, so... Read More →

My research interests focus on Metaphysics of Science and Philosophy of Physics, with particular interest in causation, causal models, and chance. My most recent publication “Absolute Coincidences and Salmon's Interactive Fork Model” appeared in 2015 in "New Advances in Causation... Read More →

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SPEAKERS AND TITLESModels and Modelling in Formal Epistemology: Some Thoughts on Probability AggregationEleonora Cresto University of Buenos Aires, ARGENTINAThe National Scientific and Technical Research Council, ARGENTINA

Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences [TINT] - see http://www.helsinki.fi/tint |
AOI: philosophy of economics and other social sciences; scientific realism; models; interdisciplinarity; scientific imperialism; social dimensions of scie... Read More →

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I believe successfully ergo I know: A quest for lasting and successful beliefRohit Parikh, Computer Science, The City University of New York, New York, USAAránzazu San Ginés Ruiz, Filosofía 1, Universidad de Granada, Granada, SPAIN

I am a Ph.D. (2008) in the CPaS (Committee for Philosophy and the Sciences ) program, in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, in which I enrolled for graduate studies in September, 2003. My areas of specialization are in the philosophy of science, as well as... Read More →

The epistemology-metaphysics relationship in Helen Longino’s philosophy of science and its consequences for social criticismÁgnes Kovács, Department of Gender Studies, Central European University, Budapest, HUNGARY

On the explanation of linkedness of Kolmogorov’s requirements to probabilitiesVladimir Reznikov, Department Logic and Epistemology, Institute of Philosophy and Law of the SB RAS, Novosibirsk, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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The congress dinner is served at the Restaurant Bank, conveniently located a few blocks away from the congress venue the Main Building of the University of Helsinki. The dinner quests a treated to a three course meal in the functionalist-style old bank building with unique wall paintings and ornaments. Restaurant Bank focuses on modern Finnish cuisine prepared from the best seasonal ingredients.

The Congress Dinner requires online preregistration. The price of the dinner is 50 € (incl. three courses and accompanying wines). There might be some extra dinner tickets for sale at the Congress Office during the first congress days.

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The Session Starts at 10:30am (due to the cancellation of Eric Arnau's presentation and other reorganizations) The explanatory payoffs of the thesis of multiple realization in cognitive neuroscienceMaria Serban, Center for Philosophy of Science , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, USA

Representation and reconceptualization: the role of structuresFrancesca Pero, Philosophy, University of Florence, Florence, ITALY Tarja Knuuttila, Philosophy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA Elena Castellani, Philosophy, University of Florence, Florence, ITALY30 min break (due to the cancellation of "Varieties of Misrepresentation and Homomorphism"Mauricio Suárez, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, London, UNITED KINGDOM Francesca Pero, University of Florence, Florence, ITALY)

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Pragmatic realism and truth as correspondencePentti Määttänen, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FINLAND

Alethic Pluralism and Scientific TruthMarco Marletta, Humanities, University of Palermo, Palermo, ITALY Does Hacking get the most out of his microscopes?Alexander Aylward, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM

First degree in Physics (London), doctorate in Philosophy (Yale), interests first in philosophy of the natural sciences (definition,, explanation ) second in Continental philosophy, (Sartre, structuralism), more recently in philosophy of the human sciences (intentionality, evolution... Read More →

First degree in Physics (London), doctorate in Philosophy (Yale), interests first in philosophy of the natural sciences (definition,, explanation ) second in Continental philosophy, (Sartre, structuralism), more recently in philosophy of the human sciences (intentionality, evolution... Read More →

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This session pays homage to the memory of Patrick Suppes (March 17, 1922 - November 17, 2014) who made substantial contributions not only to logic and philosophy of science, but to many other fields including physics, psychology, the social sciences, linguistics, probability and statistics. Thanks to his dual militancy as philosopher and applied scientist working in meteorology, learning theory and neuroscience, Suppes forged a novel way of doing philosophy of science that combines sophisticated formalism and careful attention to the details characterizing research within specific disciplines. A pioneer of the semantic view of theories, Suppes embraced a model-centred approach which is a unique blend of empiricism and pragmatism, revolving around the idea that scientific knowledge has an irreducibly tentative and local character, and is to be analysed from a genuinely pluralistic perspective.

The Session Starts at 11:00am (due to the cancellation of Colleen Crangle's presentation)

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Scaffolding and Bootstrapping: How Archaeological Evidence Bites BackAlison Wylie, Departments of Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Washington, UNITED STATES, Department of Philosophy, Durham University, UNITED KINGDOM